spiking a tree

[bet]

hi i want to know how to put on and use spikes to removeal trees only so if you could help me thanks:newbie:

 

[climb it]

I think you might want to think about trying to find someone who can show/teach you in person.

 

[bet]

I think you might want to think about trying to find someone who can show/teach you in person.

i am going to college to do a dimpola but i dont want them to thinking i am dumb

 

[chipper]

that's not really something you can explain. You need guidance and hands on.

 

[bet]

that's not really something you can explain. You need guidance and hands on.

i have got that can teach me so i might ask them

 

[chipper]

Good call. It does need practice and someone who knows what they are doing to properly spike up trees.

 

[bet]

Good call. It does need practice and someone who knows what they are doing to properly spike up trees.

thanks for the advice

 

[chipper]

You bet. Be careful!

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Bet-

You's proper English folk all ways make me feel like i don't know the language.

i'd imagine some manufacturers have directions, they must be on tight, and facing inwards. Dug in well to sound wood. i don't use'em even on removals 99% of the time.

But there is so much more to tree climbing/ work; and especially removals; that if you aren't indoctrinated enough to put on spikes; the limitation is Naturally serving a purpose!

 

[Ekka]

There's some basics.

This is a link to a Word document, has some good tips around page 10.

http://www.dfsc.dk/Extensionstudy/005 Tree Climbing with Spurs\F121_Tree_Climbing_with_Spurs.doc

Also this is around a 120mb MPG video I made which has a few tips, important ones like 2 ropes/attachment points even going up the trunk.

http://www.palmtreeservices.com.au/video/2gums.mpg

 

[beowulf343]

that's not really something you can explain. You need guidance and hands on.

All i can add is that it's not as easy as most of us make it look-it takes a definite technique.

 

[RedlineIt]

bet,

Thinking back to my first year at college, spurs were well down toward the end of the curriculum, and for good reason: any removal is likely going to require use of a chainsaw aloft, and there are several dozen hours of ground-based chainsaw instruction required before you use one in a tree, or at least there should be!

My opinion, if you want a leg up on your classes, learn and practice some of the basic knots arborists use. That vid from Ekka was great, but if you noticed before you are two minutes into it, you need to know the "Running Bowline" and a "Figure 8" before you begin to emulate his technique.

In my first couple of weeks of college we only looked at trees for the species identification class. The climbing class was rope, rope care and inspection and knots, knots, knots.




RedlineIt